Crystal Fighters To Play Basque Cave Rave And Unveil New Album Track ’LA Calling’
Tuesday, 14 May 2013
Written by Jon Stickler
Crystal Fighters have announced a very special performance to take place on 29th August 2013. In celebration of their second album ‘Cave Rave’, due for release on 27th May, the band will play a show deep within their spiritual home of the Basque countryside in a local cave outside Pamplona, Navarre. Crystal Fighters will perform live with special guests, and the party will continue through to the following morning.
To coincide with this announcement, the band have unveiled another brand new track from their forthcoming album, 'LA Calling' is available now!
From their inception the band have been inextricably linked to the Basque region. They wrote the ‘Cave Rave’ album over a two month period in the Basque hills and their 2010 debut album 'Star Of Love' fused traditional folk music from the region with contemporary dance styles. Traditional instruments from northern Spain such as txalapartas and txistus are used both on the new album and as a centrepoint of their live shows.
Historic Pamplona is renowned for the San Fermín festival, in which the running of the bulls is a main attraction, and is central to Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 celebrated novel The Sun Also Rises. The city is located in a rounded valley – named the Basin of Pamplona - in the beautiful Navarre region, and the rave will take place on the outskirts of this area.
Crystal Fighters are now recognised as one of the UK’s most exciting live acts and will embark on a 70 date world tour later this month, kicking off with a sold out show at London's KOKO on 23rd May, headling the Festival Republic stage at Reading & Leeds, and ending with a show at Brixton Academy in November.
Full information on the Cave Rave will be announced at a later date. Sign up to receive this news first at crystalfighters.com/basquecaverave
Thu May 23rd 2013 - KOKO, London
Thu November 21st 2013 - Concorde 2, Brighton
Fri November 22nd 2013 - O2 Academy Brixton, London
Sat November 23rd 2013 - Academy 2, Manchester
Mon November 25th 2013 - University Stylus, Leeds
Wed November 27th 2013 - University, Newcastle upon Tyne
Thu November 28th 2013 - East Village Arts Club, Liverpool
Fri November 29th 2013 - Trinity, Bristol
Sat November 30th 2013 - Library, The Institute, Birmingham
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